Stranded in a jungle after surviving an airplane crash, teams are challenged to build a helicopter to exact specifications using only toy parts, limited access to an assembled model, and teamwork. Starting with a planning phase, they discuss how to execute the project, and then the construction begins!

When the team believes they've properly built their aircraft, the facilitator checks the helicopter for accuracy and then records the amount of time that was dedicated to planning and construction. The winner? The team that spends the most time planning is typically the team that completes the project the fastest. Following the activity, team members take part in a discussion about team dynamics, offer insights, and create an action plan for improvement.

The Jungle Escape kit is packed with all the customer service team building activities and tools you need to deliver an interactive, 90-minute exercise that educates as it engages. From a comprehensive facilitator guide to colorful toy parts, a useful participant guides to support materials, an action video to an ecofriendly backpack, Jungle Escape provides the team building games and materials that will help develop your team into an effective unit capable of overcoming any obstacle. We even added a water bottle for trainers with a thirst for learning!

Jungle Escape is a snap to facilitate, whether you are a novice or a seasoned trainer. Use the customer service team building games of Jungle Escape as a powerful way to introduce basic team skills, improve productivity between multiple work teams, or energize mature teams.Uses and Applications

Jungle Escape can be used as a standalone team building game or as part of a more comprehensive training program. It was developed specifically for new and intermediate work groups, but it's also an excellent refresher and energizer for more mature teams. You can also use the game to:

Introduce the elements of effective teamwork

Kick off a team-building workshop or seminar

Improve productivity between multiple work teams

Identify group issues or concerns that block team performance

Energize established work teams

Learning Outcomes

Understand the difference between cohesive, fragmented, and divergent teams

Learn and practice the nine elements of effective teamwork

Experience vital group-process skills

Demonstrate the balance between planning and implementation

Recognize the impact of individual behavior on group productivity

Establish action-planning steps for improved team performance

Product TypeGame

ObjectiveTo develop basic team skills

Target AudienceNew and intermediate teams

Time Required1.5 hours

What to Order

Complete Kit: Order one to get started.The complete kit is packed with everything you need to train up to three teams of five to six players at one time, including a comprehensive facilitator guide, toy helicopter parts, support materials, and an initial supply of 18 participant guides.

Participant Guide: Order to replenish your complete kit.The complete kit includes an initial supply of participant guides, but you will need to replenish them when you run out. Order one per participant.

Inter-team Kit: Designed for cross-functional teams that must work together.The inter-team kit is packed with everything you need to train up to three teams of five to six players at one time, including a comprehensive facilitator guide, toy helicopter parts, support materials, and an initial supply of 18 inter-team participant guides. Please call 800-633-4533 to order an inter-team kit.

Inter-team Participant Guide: Order to replenish your inter-team kit.The inter-team kit includes an initial supply of inter-team participant guides, but you will need to replenish them when you run out. Order one per participant.

Extra Helicopter: Order one per team if training more than three teams at one time.The complete and inter-team kits include reusable toy parts for three helicopters. Order additional helicopters (one per team) if you are facilitating a session with more than three teams.

QuickStart Training: OptionalWhether you are a novice trainer or seasoned facilitator, we highly recommend HRDQ QuickStart Training. Personalized, one-on-one telephone coaching is provided at your convenience to get you up-to-speed on the product. Our subject matter experts will review the content with you, offer ideas for tailoring it to your specific needs, discuss typical participant questions and reactions, and more.

Jungle Escape Backpack and Water Bottle: OptionalEach complete and inter-team kit includes an ecofriendly backpack and reusable water bottle for the trainer, but they're also fun giveaways and prizes for your audience.

Rollin Glaser, Ed.D. is A prolific author, HRDQ founder, and creator of the HRDQ Experiential Learning Model, and an expert in the field of adult learning. As a human resources executive in the 1970s, Dr. Glaser was driven to help managers understand effective practices and behavior. In 1977 he co-founded Organization Design and Development, Inc. - the company that would become HRDQ. Here, Dr. Glaser and his staff created a broad array of training solutions and learning materials for consultants, trainers, seminar creators, and participants based upon his unique experiential learning model - a cycle of learning inspired by the work of theorists Kolb, Jones, Honey, Mumford, and others. Today, HRDQ publishes more than 100 programs, assessments, games, simulations, and activity collections.

In addition to his expertise in training and development, Dr. Glaser is a musician and arts advocate. He holds an Ed.D. in adult education from Columbia University, an M.Ed. from Northeastern University, an MA from Columbia, and a BS from Northwestern University. Dr. Glaser has authored, co-authored, and contributed to a large number of articles, books, learning assessments, games, simulations, activities, and programs including: Jungle Escape, Interpersonal Influence Inventory, and the Negotiating Style Profile.

Christine Glaser, M.Ed. is the former president (retired) of HRDQ. Her previous experience includes management skills training, business training, consulting, editing, and public school teaching. She holds a BS from Northwestern University and a M.Ed. in guidance and counseling from Northeastern University. Ms. Glaser is co-author of "Managing by Design" (Addison-Wesley, 1981) and several learning instruments published by HRDQ including Jungle Escape, the Team Effectiveness Profile, and the Negotiating Style Profile.